412 articles tagged "abc"
Bushfires continue to burn across southern Queensland with 32 homes and more than a dozen other structures destroyed, while hundreds of evacuees nervously wait to be told when they can return to their properties. R
French President Emmanuel Macron made a two-day trip to the Middle East this week, meeting with leaders in Israel, the West Bank, Jordan and Egypt. "The fight must be without mercy, but not without rules, because w
No wire, no velcro, no zips, no elastic. This was the challenge dress and costume maker Carmel Ryan faced in creating her piece for this year's Australian Wearable Art Festival in the Sustainable Nature category.
Emergency warnings were issued for several bushfires in southern Queensland on Monday, with fire crews battling multiple blazes across the region. An emergency warning remains in place for a bushfire at Tara, with
If you pause the telly at just the right moment and look in just the right spot, you'll see one. They're called "long dogs", and they're the Bluey Easter eggs driving adults and kids crazy. The phenomenon that
After Israel vowed to deepen and intensify its attacks, Gaza has endured a weekend of increasingly devastating bombardments, while strikes in Syria and Lebanon stoked fears the two-week-old war could spiral into a broad
At this point in time, Gaza must surely be the most miserable place on earth. But what does that actually mean? It means that right now people are having major operations without painkillers and anaesthetics.
Less than four months before Indonesia's election, an Australian-educated 36-year-old with just two years of mayoral experience has been catapulted towards the vice-presidency. What Gibran Rakabuming Raka lacks in
Authorities say it is not safe for residents to return to an area near Agnes Water, Queensland, where a bushfire that has destroyed a property continues to burn out of control. The Queensland Fire and Emergency Ser
Israeli ground forces have made raids into Gaza over the past 24 hours, the military says, ahead of an expected ground offensive on the densely populated Palestinian territory. This is the first announcement of a s
Israel formed an emergency unity government as its jets pounded Gaza and tanks massed around the Palestinian enclave, and the army said it killed three Hamas militants. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to f
Israeli warplanes have hammered the Gaza Strip neighbourhood by neighbourhood, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory. As Israel vowed a retaliat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to "change the Middle East" in Israel's war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, as the army pounded the Gaza Strip with air strikes. "What Hamas will experienc
In 10 years, Alexandre Woog has never seen anything like it. The Paris-based pest exterminator is getting more calls than ever. He says inquiries were up 10-fold in September, when compared with data from 2022
A Queensland man who admitted to goading his 14-year-old son to ride a baggage carousel into a restricted area at Canberra Airport in July has avoided a possible $15,000 fine. The incident was filmed by two people
Simone Biles is back doing gymnastics and back making history. The American gymnast has become the first woman to do the Yurchenko double pike at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Belgium. It is t
Three people have died after a 32-year-old gunman opened fire at a house and at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The gunman — who wore a bulletproof vest and was dressed in
They drank, smoked and partied at the lavish home of a village chief. Then, dozens of cops watched their colleague die. The murder of a Thai police officer at a dinner party and the alleged subsequent cover-up
The Islamic headscarf, also known as the hijab, is often worn by Muslim women as a symbol of honour in their faith. It's also often at the centre of heated debate. For the hundreds of thousands of Muslim women
